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500 Pesos - ATMA
| Issuer | ATMA Uruguaya S.A. |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1975) |
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| Obverse description | Bearer share certificate printed in magenta on cream paper, enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border with acanthus-leaf corner vignettes. The issuer name in bold letterpress occupies the upper centre, flanked by ornamental rosettes; denomination cartouches of '500' appear at lower left and right. Two Uruguayan revenue stamps are affixed at the lower centre, with a Secretary's manuscript signature at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, printed on plain cream stock with no design or lettering. |
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ATMA Uruguaya S.A. was a major printing firm based in Montevideo, and what is cataloged here is not a circulating banknote but a printer's specimen or archival proof sheet — the dimensions make that unambiguous. At 387 x 306 mm, this is an uncut or partial press sheet, not a finished single note trimmed for issue.
The 500 Pesos denomination places this squarely in the inflationary years that would eventually force Uruguay through multiple currency reforms, culminating in the 1975 introduction of the Nuevo Peso at a rate of 1,000 to one. ATMA supplied printing services to the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay during this period.